Well, I've been trying very hard not to fall ill, and I've been very very successful so far! Unfortunately, my immunity only extends to including resistance against colds and bugs, and not dehydration and other weird ailments -.-lll

I think it's the goddamn heat. Yes, I blame the heat.

My skin feels like it's been stretched to the max and about to split any moment. It resembles something akin to moulted snake skin. -.-lll Like, all scaly and flaky and dry-ish. And it hurts like f*** when I attempt facial expressions. And just the other day, my fingers went all shaky and I craved sugar so badly that I had the most disgusting urge to eat my toothpaste.

Argh.

Oh well, at least I've found a remedy to my skin problem, somewhat. Since any attempt at soothing using moisturiser resulted in angry red (and painful) patches, I just slathered on a generous amount of my wonderful awesome BB cream. And God, it worked.

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And now, more random facts about the wonderful *coughcough* me. 8D

I'm not at all into JE, but a favourite style icon of mine is Kamenashi Kazuya. I happen to be more of a fan of his acting than his music lol.

Any KAT-TUN/Kame fans out there reading this? 8D

On Saturday, I finally got to meet up with Thank you for allowing me the honor of working with you guys. <333 I've much to learn from you, still!

We had a D.Gray-Man shoot at the National Museum and then departed for the event in the evening. I was 2nd uni Kanda; costume had been lying unused in my closet for a veryveryvery long time. Somehow, I didn't really do very well. I guess I was just very tired and out of it. Sorry that I didn't do Kanda grand justice this time. I was quite glad to just slack around and chit-chat and catch up with friends, something that I've been doing a lot at events recently.

Pictures will be posted sometime soon.

Anyway, to everyone else I met at the event, it was a pleasure! Weather's disgusting so take care of yourselves and don't fall ill! <33

Trip to Japan might be cancelled due to the spread of h1n1 in said country.



Oh well, even though we'll incur like enormous losses, I think it's better than dying of some weird flu stupidly just because I wanted a holiday.

I still can't find my black cloth, so I shall throw my plastic bag labelled RUFUS to one corner of my room for the moment.

Saturday is another shoot + Coscon! And I'm attending on Sunday too. Hectic, hectic. So many things to do. Thankfully, my costume for Sunday is all done. Quite simple. Saturday's not so simple though. I'm currently taking a break from working on my nigentou. And my wrist cuffs. And my collar.

Urgh. My interest in doing anime cosplays is waning very fast. My head is now filled with nothing but Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy, and Final Fantasy. T_T I hope I have the endurance to complete all my remaining anime plans. T______T

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And since I'm quite bored now, a random fact about myself.

I think you guys might have realised that my journals often record that I'm drinking ocha. Well, the truth is that, yes, I drink warm green tea in place of water about 80% of the time. It's not that I particluarly like green tea, but I guess it's just a habit now. I switch to jasmine tea when I'm feeling bo liao, and I drink camomile at night sometimes. So yes, my preferred beverage is tea. 8D

And for those of you out there who drink coke at home, you might want to consider trying tea too. 8D

Like. Where the hell is it?!?! I've prepared most of my things for Rufus but I can't locate the black cloth that I saved for the buckled vest. ARGHHH. I SWEAR, I SAW IT LYING AROUND SOMEWHERE.

Nevermind, I'll look for it again tomorrow. It's bound to be somewhere in the house. And while I'm at it, I'm going to put all the bandages and garments into a bag and label it RUFUS so that nothing else goes missing. TMD.

Anyway, I had my 2nd NANA shoot on Friday with as my awesomely cute Shinichi! came to shoot after class despite being tired and all. Thanks Zettai! The photos are awesome. We expect nothing less from ahbu! <333 There are quite a lot of awesome photos from the shoot, but I'll post them up later.

Now, I shall be off to sleep because today was a long and hot day and my eyes are closing.

Again, I have to open this entry with a mini-rant about the weather. IT'S SO HOT. *throws something* I just went out a few times this week and now I have a tan -.- Like, what the hell.

Anyways, I'm currently preparing for the next shoot which is on Friday. It's a bit hectic because I'm also working on a shitload of art and animations for my showreel, but I'm managing nicely.

Friday is NANA with ! There's more work to be done on the costume than I initially thought, because it seems I lost a few kilos and the top is effing baggy and it consumes me. ._. *reaches for fried chicken* I'll be leaving house in a few minutes to buy beads to make the wristcuffs and the choker. I've no experience at all in making these things. Most of the time Valda helps me make them. But I suppose I should start learning. I hate the feeling of not knowing how to do things.

And now, on to more normal things.

This week's been awesomely productive. I've gotten my JR pass! Yes, I'm going to Japan again next month! I'm looking forward to it loads. Not Tokyo though, I'll be travelling up North to see the sights and breathe in fresh mountain air. Sadly because of this trip I'll be missing Streetfest, so I won't be debuting Lightning till later on in the year 8(

Also, I've been working on a few original designs. I want to try a non-cosplay shoot soon! And I've been starting to pick up a bit of photography. And I've been working on a lot of illustrations. I'm actually a animation and design student, so I do a lot of visual work. I wonder if I should post my artworks on this account too. But I guess I'll end up posting them on my blog instead.

Finally, I've been thinking of expanding to my own webspace. That's one more thing to occupy myself with.

Cheers and take care of yourselves!

Well, I just felt I should make this entry.

When I pick my characters, I pick them based on how much I like them, and whether I have the confidence to pull them off. No way do I choose to cosplay a character just because so-and-so wants to do it too and I think I can pwn them.

Let's face it - I'm not going to waste my time and money on that kind of thing. And besides, it's utter rubbish. Turning such an unimportant hobby into a life and death thing? I don't think that's very cool. I don't think the community (or local community, at least) needs this kind of shit. I certainly don't need this shit.

And anyway, if my plans happen to clash with anyone and they choose to take offence, then too bad. Like I said, it's not my intention to try to prove that I'm better. I'm just trying to enjoy myself here.  

Maybe I should attempt to phrase all this in a nicer way, but after three years in the scene, I'm getting very tired of all these politics, and I'm getting very tired of honeying my words all the time.

ARGH my aircon is dead.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO *flings random objects around*


On a happier note, I had my Kanda shoot today! When I told her I wanted to try colored lighting, made the effort to get the studio things in order and play around with the lighting for the shoot! Thank you Ahbu! The photos are so awesome can! <33333

I'll upload more pictures soon.

Now I need to work on Rufus and Vinny and everything else. *prays that the weather gets better so she can start spraypainting*

Argh. It's so sweltering hot now -.-lll

Over here in Singapore, the weather's crazy warm. The linoleum of the floor in my apartment cannot be walked upon anymore, I swear. It's scorching hot! And humid, too. It's possible to perspire profusely in airconditioned rooms now; that's how epic it is.

And this weather is really not conducive to propsmaking, especially where spraypainting is concerned <_< I laid out some of my armor to cure this morning, and lo and behold! It happened again.

Stupid armor buckled and died and melted in the disgusting heat of the afternoon. *throws tantrum* So now I have to redo all that, perhaps with an extra layer of plastic to make sure it survives this time.

Like, what's the meaning of this horrible weather!? It's not even June yet! %^@Q*%&!

Anyway, next shoot's on Thursday! We're trying something new, so hopefully it works out. *polishes Mugen and destroys foam lotus flowers* And after that, expect Rufus Shinra soon, I suppose.

I'm home from my holiday! Went to Japan for a week with . She's such awesome company. <33

Anyway, now that I'm home and as I'm looking for employment, I have a little time to devote to cosplay. Kanda FTW! Before I left Singapore, I made plans for a few Kanda shoots. I shall now start preparing. Hehehe. I have my first uniform, yukata, and the various illustration versions. Second and third uniforms will have to wait till later on in the year. That's a lot of versions, but I adore Kanda, so I shall work hard.

I must clear all my anime shoots quickly so I can happily start on my game ones.

Before anything else, a big thank you to all my friends in the scene, my own circle, my awesome photographers, senior cosplayers who provided me with advice and tips when I first started out, and all the people who've viewed my works. My time in the scene wouldn't have been half as fun without all these people.

I've been at this for three years and counting. It's all been awesome fun, and I picked up a few skills along the way. But in the near future, sadly, I won't have as much time to devote to this wonderful hobby any longer. I've hit a rough patch, as everyone does at one point or another, and I want to straighten out my life now.

Between now and August of this year, I'll continue with my beloved Final Fantasy plans, Sheryl Nome, D.Gray-Man and a few other characters that I've committed to. But that'll be it. I've had to drop many characters that I've wanted to do for ages, as well as some other characters that I've promised my friend's I'd do, but sadly, I have to stop sometime, and that time is coming soon.

Note that this isn't a sob story of any sort. There's nothing remotely depressing about typing this journal here, but I just have to do it to remind me of today, when I finally made a decision about something.

So for now, I'll work hard and be happy, and show everyone who's watching this account some very epic cosplays before I retire. Cheers!

I just had my FFVII Tifa Lockhart shoot yesterday! Thanks and Valda for coming down!

I think this'll be the last new version of Tifa that I'll be doing. In September, I'll redo her Advent Children costume and that'll be it for Tifa. o/

The version that I did this time round was the default costume as seen in the original Final Fantasy VII. Yes, the white tanktop and miniskirt and suspenders. Not the popularly cosplayed Advent Children version, which I suppose is the costume that most people associate with Tifa.

Anyway, it was an awesome fun shoot, as always. Thank you for all the favourites and the comments and all the support! It's all very much appreciated. <333

Yesterday was Kurobara @ Liang Court! Well, despite not being very excited about it at first, I enjoyed myself immensely! I was part of the very epic Sheryl Nome Army that attended the event. We actually planned beforehand to turn up as various versions of the Galactic Fairy.

- Iteza Gogo Kuji Don't Be Late version
- Black Lolita Poster Illustration version
- School Uniform Illustration version
- Star Date version
- Lion version

Also, there was as Klan Klan, and Yukihoshi as Saotome Alto! We spent the whole day hanging around the event with and other friends. We got jealous of each other because everyone else was so seriously awesome. .8D

It was quite awesome cosplaying Sheryl, even though I looked chui and disgusting. I swear, my cheeks were sagging a mile. T_T

Anyway, I can't wait to complete the rest of my Sheryl Nome plans. I'll be working with to cover most of Sheryl's outfits, and we'll be shooting together for several versions. o/

There's a small event at Liang Court this coming Saturday, but I'm not feeling hyped up about it at all. I guess it's just one of those days when I feel bo chap about everything. Oh well, it'll be good to just go there and hang with my friends and eat good crepe. 8D

I've already finished my Sheryl Nome Lion outfit which I'm supposed to be wearing for this Saturday (plus all the accessories for my next dress) but I find myself more eager to start sewing another outfit instead. OTL

Maybe I like sewing costumes more than wearing them. -.-lll

In any case, I must force myself to stop planning Sheryl Nome costumes and start work on my mid-year event costumes instead, or else I'll die later.

OTL all that armor. *headdesk*

It's been a packed week! I haven't had so much fun in ages. 8D

On Monday, I had my very much delayed FFXIII Versus shoot. I worked at it over the weekend and we had the shoot at the Old Supreme Court. Awesome location. The weather was being a bitch though. It was sweltering hot for the first part of the day, then the sky underwent a 180 degree turn and then it started raining suddenly as we were shooting. -_- It was practically like one side of the building was sunny and scorching hot and the other side was draped in rainclouds.

Anyway, it was an awesome success! A big thank you to photographers and . Do check out their galleries. And also, thank you and Yukihoshi for coming to help out!


Wednesday was Tokyo Majin, with as Hiyuu Tatsuma. I'm so glad I invited her; she makes the absolute best Hiyuu ever, in my opinion. <3333 The shoot was loads fun, thank you muchly, HGS people. I love our peaceful mountain. HAHAHA. <333

Thank you for the wonderful photos and the wonderful afternoon! Shizu loves you guys muchly.

And to readers - please enjoy the photos! I'll be uploading a few at a time. Thank you for the continued support! <3

I'm done with my project, like finally. I shall now take a week long break, and go find a job to occupy myself before I head off to Uni in Australia.

On Saturday, I went textile shopping! o/ I found this deep, lovely shade of purple, so I went to work on my Sheryl Nome Lion Opening outfit immediately, despite not having finished my purple babydoll dress. ._. In any case, I see myself finishing this outfit in about a week probably. Ahhh, it's wonderful to have free time again.

And! I've revived my cosplay journal which died, somewhat, during my time in school -
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I'll be clearing my backlog and updating the blog with photoshoots and events that I haven't blogged about yet, so if you can stand my rambling and my irritating face appearing in every single post, please read! XD

It's VDay, which everyone loves, and I'm stuck at home typing a report for my project for which the deadline is this coming Friday. I vaguely remember that last year's VDay was spent in the same way. Not that VDay holds any special meaning for me, but I always liked any opportunity to go out and relax and have fun with my buddies.

Wish me luck, guys. I can't wait to finish this shit and enjoy life again.

And Happy VDay to all you lovebirds and best friends out there!

Haha, I know. This entry is VERY late. But I figured I should make a post on the new year and my plans for 2009.

I have roughly a month left till the end of my major animation project, and then I'll be FREEEEE. I so want to get a job, go on a holiday, nua around, and cosplay some. So I'll keep telling myself to hang in there, and work hard at completing my work so that I can enjoy myself fully after that.

o/

I haven't really been cosplaying much the past few months because my schoolwork takes up most of my waking hours and I can't work on props/armor. I did complete my first Reira cosplay though, which is also my first proper photoshoot of the year 2009. I daresay it was quite a success, despite me being unused to portraying Reira. For that, I'll need to thank profusely and my photographers and -most importantly- wonderful friends. Thanks guys, for putting up with my usual crap and my whining about the wig. And of course, for the fantastic pictures. You both rock. <33

I'm planning for another of Reira's outfits, but this time, I'm hoping to get the full band with me. <3 I'll work harder on portrayal too, because I want to do Reira more justice. So please look forward to it!


Now, on to just some of the confirmed plans for the first quarter-to-half of 2009. 8D


- Kaname Kuran, with my darling Yuuki , and possibly a full team.

- Rido Kuran with and as Juuri and Haruka respectively

- Kamishina Jin with as my Toa

- Macross Frontier project, a collab with

- Lightning with as Oerba Dia Vanille

- Cloud Strife

- Noctis Lucis Caelum

Just to name a few interesting ones. I'd also be having a lot of other solo projects, but I'll not publish those because I'm bloody fickle and they're subject to change. XD

I've been doing a lot of female cosplays lately, but I think I'm going back to cosplaying more males this year. YES. NO MORE PUSHUPS AND FAKE EYELASHES AND FAKE NAILS PLZ.

And because I'm dubbing this year "the FF year" due to the sheer number of Final Fantasy related cosplays I'm planning, I have one question.

Is there any FF character you guys think I should cosplay? I haven't listed out all my FF plans anywhere yet, so your suggestions may well coincide with my plans. <3

That's all and have a great year ahead!

I return from my hiatus (for a while) for my EOY report! EOY, short for End of Year, is an annual cosplay event held at the Singapore Expo.

This year, I originally planned to cosplay Zhao Yun from DW6, but a friend of mine managed to psycho me (somehow OTL) into doing Zhen Ji instead.

Yeah, I know. There's a big difference between Zhen Ji and Zhao Yun -_-"

Nevertheless, our DW girls group was formed. So, a big thank you to my gorgeous DW girls, Marche as Diao Chan, as Sun Shang Xiang, and as Xiao Qiao. Shizu's proud of you girls!

More pictures will be up soon.

EOY is in less than two weeks time. I haven't had much time to do much of anything. I've an important presentation this Friday which I've had to prepare AGES for, and I'm way behind on one module. To make things worse, I'm kinda like seriously ill now. OTZ

But anyway, progress stats for the next month.
EOY - 40% (orzzzzz)
MF shoot - 50%
VK shoot - 95%
SOY - 0%

The next two months might see this account totally void of updates. Please bear with me.


-edit on 5th Dec-
(typing while waiting for glue gun to heat up)

OH GOSH. Today was such a fruitful day, which I'm so glad for. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WELL WISHES AND ENCOURAGEMENT. <3 My important presentation is finally over, and though I thought I could have done a whole shitload better, it wasn't really all that bad. And now, all I have to do is catch up with one month's worth of projects to be handed in on Thursday, whilst making props and accessories and costume parts. Whoopie. I will SO survive.

Progress! Updated -
EOY - 75% (What a difference a free day makes 8D)
MF shoot - 50%
VK shoot - 95%
SOY - 10%

Yes! Much progress in one day. I'm pleased with myself. Now, back to making my whip.

To all my sg khakis, see you guys at EOY! <333

I've started a new blog here - [link]

It's a cosplay blog, so it'll be filled with cosplay-related entries, like plans and events coverage and costume progress. And of course, pictures!

I'll still be updating this journal from time to time, but I won't copypasta entries between my blogs.

Also, I'd like to thank everyone who's commented on and/or faved my Kanda pictures. Thank you. I really appreciate it. Because of work and my packed schedule, I haven't had the time to reply to any comments yet, but I assure you I've read every single one. Thank you, really. <333